Avatars

=It seems that some people try to look good, some don't want to show their face, and some look kind of scary. I'm wondering, how do you choose your profile picture? Were you concerned about who might see you? Did you care?= = = = = = = =Avatars= Have a wiki? Have a blog? Have a website? Participate on a Social Networking site? Chat? Create an avatar to represent yourself

An avatar is a digital cartoon-like representation of a real person. Thanks to many free web services, you do not have to pay an artist for your cartoon illustrations. All you have to do is upload your photo, or perform some mix and match. There are many websites that allow you to create avatars, below you will need to explore the several websites.

Students can create avatars to use with their logins in VoiceThread, Google Apps, and other web tools. They can also incorporate their avatar into a PowerPoint or Keynote presentation.

If you are not comfortable using real photos to represent yourself in any online profiles and avatars, why not **create a cartoon character of yourself?** It’ll definitely be fun and unique to others when you are representing yourself in a //cartoonized// way in any online profiles.

=[|Voki]= = = = = media type="custom" key="6781627" width="120" height="120" align="right"Voki enables users to express themselves on the web in their own voice using a talking character (avatar). You can customize your Voki to look like you or take on the identity of lots of other types of characters… animals, monsters, anime etc. Your Voki can speak with your own voice which is added via microphone, upload, or phone or you can use the text to type function.

Record up to a 90 second message.

Voki is a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profile and in email messages.

Create and customize your speaking character to express yourself, communicate and interact with your friends.

Great for including students who do not have photo permissions for the Internet. Also very useful to upload your digital voice recorder files to or podcasts!

Features: Change background - can be animated or still. You can upload your own picture for the background. Avatar speaks. Can use your cell phone or microphone to record your own voice.

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=[|Build Your Wild Self]=

Avatars are created using a variety of animal body parts.



= = =[|Portrait Illustration Maker]=

Portrait Illustration Maker is a service which provides character icons completely free of charge! They are available for your blog site or SNS. If you’d like to save the completed avatar, right-click on the icon. And then select “Save Picture As… ” from the menu. Mrs. James

=[| WEEWORLD]= Create an cartoon character to represent yourself in WeeWord games (WeeMee) or just export it for anywhere else.

Mrs. Jame

=[| MEEZ]=

Social entertainment website that allows users to create their own animated avatars, or “3D I.D.” graphics, for the Web, to play casual games with their avatars, and to use them in customizable Rooms on social networks like Facebook

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=[|Simponsizeme]= Turn yourself into a Simpson character.

Mrs. James' Avatar

=[|Yahoo! Avatars]= Blocked at school



=[|BeFunky]=



=[|Cartoon Me]=

=[|SouthPark Studio]= For south park fans, now you can become one of them.

Mrs. James

=[|TizMe!](blocked here at school)=

Educational Examples of use:


 * Comparisons & learning about languages http://votw.wikispaces.com/September%27s Task
 * Ideas for the use of voki in education [|http://helenotway.edublogs.org/2008/01/19/voki-avatars-in-the-classroom/#comment-106]
 * Instructions on how to create and add to blogger, also ideas for activities []